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Episode 22: Fantasy 6 Nations and Fantasy Super Rugby Special
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Jarrod's flying solo in this one, schedules just were not our friends, so here's a quick pod just to give you some tips on your teams playing this weekend in both Fantasy Premiership with The Rugby Mag and Fantasy Super Rugby with Fantasy Rugby Draft. Be sure to catch us next week as we will likely not have 1, but 2 more voices back on the show. Should be a good one, be sure to e-mail us with your questions and feedback.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Challenges
00:00:12
Speaker
Hey everybody, how's it going? It is the Fancy Rugby Yanks. My name's Jared Dyke. Ben is not with us today. His schedule and mine got pretty flooded this past week and had a small hiccup on top of it, so I'm falling solo. I don't plan on making this a very long episode, but I do plan on giving you guys a little bit of something to hold you over for the week while we get our act together and get ourselves back into the saddle here.
00:00:40
Speaker
So don't forget you can find us on Google Play, Spotify, iTunes, all that good stuff. And obviously Podbean, which is where we host this thing. Please leave us a review. Please tell us your thoughts. We'll be happy to read it on the air. If you don't want it read on the air, you can also note that. Send us an email. We'd be happy to help you out on the email too. I'll give the email at the end as I always do.
Rugby Weekend Overview
00:01:07
Speaker
Okay, so Six Nations. We are in the, of course, this is one reason that I couldn't just go without any recording whatsoever. We had a, we have a huge weekend ahead of us in terms of Six Nations. No premier ship, which is weird, but you know, no, no premier ship, no, no champions cup. It's prime rugby cup final, which I care about because the Saracens are in it, but that's it.
00:01:32
Speaker
Other than that, you know, it's it's you know, it's always been the joke. No one gives a crap cup or something like that Because really nobody cares that much. It's just it's just facts. I Wish I could tell you that it was different, but it's not
Fantasy Rugby Injuries and Adjustments
00:01:49
Speaker
Anyway, so let's talk about who's been scoring and who's been scoring big for Six Nations fantasy and we're gonna be looking out for this coming this coming weekend, especially with so many injuries that have popped up over the last
00:02:06
Speaker
Over the last weekend Blair Kinghorn is out for Scotland Liam Williams apparently his injury isn't as bad as they thought but I don't trust that he'll be playing this week I really I don't have a lot of faith in it so
00:02:22
Speaker
If you're like me, you're gonna be seeking two new backs. I have some guys that can play in reserve. I still have Tommaso Allen on my bench, so I can always throw him into my centers and bump Stockdale out, so hopefully you have something somewhere where you can do that. There's a lot, and I still have a couple of healthy wings with him and Earl's, obviously, and then
00:02:50
Speaker
Let's look at replacement possibilities for those guys. And, um, obviously there were a few other injuries. Maro Atoje is not going to be back. It's official. Uh, I thought I knew it was going to be a bit of a rush job if he got back. They tried to get rushing back for Italy and then he re-aggravated his injury or had a setback or whatever. Either way, maybe not the wisest decision for the likes of Eddie Jones.
00:03:15
Speaker
So, your second row of placements, we talked about it last week. Gilchrist, Cruz, Felix Lambie, Abraham Stane is second row eligible, so you can go with that. He's one of the top point scorers in this rugby mag variation here.
00:03:38
Speaker
You'll have to pardon my voice. I picked up a little something. It's not bad, but it's definitely affecting my voice. I sound a little scratchy, a little raspy. That's my voice. I apologize if that's nails on the chalkboard to your ears. Fullbacks.
00:03:55
Speaker
Actually, there's, I mean, there's more fullback eligibles than you think. Like Henry Slade's fullback eligible, so if you don't have him on your team and you have an England selection, you can pick up. He's probably a good idea. Jason Hayward, or Jason Hayward, Jayden Hayward, sorry. I got Jason Woodward and Jayden Hayward crossed up. Jason Woodward, the fullback from Gloucester.
00:04:15
Speaker
Um, Jaden Hayward from Italy is actually a decent play. He's, he had one really bad week, but everything else was 20 plus. So that's pretty good. Uh, Elliot Daly still had, he's had two good weeks, two okay weeks and two weeks. So maybe not the most ideal.
00:04:33
Speaker
Honestly, Liam Williams wasn't that big of a play. He had one good week and then just completely bleh. So not really something I'm looking forward to having to roll out there. I don't think he's gonna be healthy, so the point might be moot. Let's see, who else?
00:04:53
Speaker
Oh, wings, duh, because most wings are usually fullback eligible. Johnny May, that's probably somebody that's a good idea to put in your team at this point. He's scoring 35 on average, so pretty good. I think Scotland are going to have a hard time defending him. They let Josh Adams get loose. Speaking of the devil, Josh Adams isn't a terrible play, but
00:05:16
Speaker
So if you need to trade one Welshman for the other, that might be the one that you go for because North is actually a little bit worse than he is.
00:05:28
Speaker
Although North scores more on average, so maybe not. I've actually played Keith Thoreau's the last two weeks. He's got me 32 both weeks. So that's also something to consider. If you don't have Stockdale on your team, then what the heck are you doing? He's eligible all over because he's eligible for our wing and fullback at least, if not.
00:05:50
Speaker
Yeah, he's eligible for center wing and full back. So get, get him in your team. If he's not there, if he's not there already.
Fantasy Rugby Player Recommendations
00:06:01
Speaker
Um, uh, we talked about Ian Henderson last week for the second rows. Uh, he didn't, he hasn't done great. So maybe consider somebody else. Um,
00:06:14
Speaker
I would probably go even more towards one of the Scotland second rows of Gilchrist or Gray. They score at least 20 plus each week they played. George Cruz scored a couple last week, so that kind of buoyed his score. So now he's up to an average of 24, but he's not a bad option if you're looking for somebody that's just not going to lose you the week.
00:06:39
Speaker
Scrumhafs, there's really only two or three that need to be mentioned. DuPont, Murray, and Youngs. Yeah, I guess Laidlaw too, but he's better on average than I thought he was. So those are your four Scrumhafs to consider. Tabaldi actually scores well when he plays. He scored 41 and 31 in the last two weeks, which are the only two weeks he's played in this championship, so also something to consider.
00:07:11
Speaker
And let's see, why not props? Props are, oh man, they're hit or miss in this competition lately. Um, Alan Dell has been one of the more consistent scores. Um, even Macco was, was the most Macco's still one of the top five scoring props, even though he's been out for the last two weeks because he did so well. So, um, that tells you kind of the state of props in this competition, uh, in this format.
00:07:38
Speaker
But Allendale is probably one of your more consistent guys. Sinclair scoring 20 a game on the nose right now. That's getting bad. Bomba actually is a little bit higher than that. So those are probably your guys to look at. Killcoin's averaging 24, but he also scored 52 one week and he hasn't scored above 20 outside of that. So his biggest week outside of that was 18.
00:08:04
Speaker
I've been playing tyke for long. He's been better the last couple weeks. He's scoring 20 on the average Maybe consider. I might consider dropping Poirot for Allendale if I can get away with it And then of course you have your hookers
00:08:25
Speaker
So Jamie George is far and away the best hooker in this competition and McNally is the second best. McNally is actually flanker eligible. Ben and I have talked about it a bunch. So if you haven't put that little trick up your sleeve yet or pulled it out of your sleeve, however you want to phrase it, it's worth it. Last week was McNally's worst week, but outside of that, he was scoring 25 plus.
00:08:47
Speaker
So, and that was a tough week. The Welsh really smothered them. I think they'll be fine. I think it'll be fine going forward. Gerardo's not a bad play either. And actually, Geraltini is a pretty good play. And of course, Rory Best. Don't discount him. He didn't play in round three.
00:09:07
Speaker
So against Italy, so that's why his score isn't as high total, but his average is actually pretty good. So don't discount him. Ken Owens, not bad, but probably, yeah, bottom of the bunch. Actually, no, in terms of average, Gildin, he's the bottom of the bunch.
00:09:26
Speaker
I think Ken Owens has a pretty tough task in front of them with the way the Irish like to run their line-up. I think either of those plays best in Owens might be a challenge.
00:09:42
Speaker
And the reason that we recommend McNally to flanker is because hookers just find way they have another way to score points, as opposed to a lot of other players like props don't have a lot of other ways to score points other than running the ball and tackles. You know, if they get over the line, good. You know, those are the obvious ones, but
00:10:00
Speaker
Uh, hookers have that extra, um, way to score where they can, for line out throws completed. So that's why that we recommend that you can slide a hooker to flank or do it as long as he's a productive one and McNally is a productive one. Uh, much like Harry Thacker from Bristol in the premiership variation.
00:10:22
Speaker
And because I'm sure everybody is at least somewhat curious about who the top point scorers in this format is, well, some names have changed, some haven't.
Super Rugby Insights and Comparisons
00:10:32
Speaker
Connor Murray tops the list, as he did the other week. Johnny May, Alan Dell, Jamie George, Owen Farrell, Grant Gilchrist, Blair Kinghorn has now tumbled down because he basically didn't score anything in the match from which he got injured. Federico Ruzza from Italy and
00:10:51
Speaker
and Dupont from France and then Eberstein. So yeah, Ruses of Flanker I actually didn't really mention a whole lot of now that I see this. He's scored well the last two weeks, 39 and 52. So if he keeps that hot streak up at home against the French, that could be a good sign. Maybe you...
00:11:13
Speaker
Maybe you pop him in there. If you need a flanker real bad and you need somebody that's Italian, that's one of the, on the Italian team. Cause you want, that's the only team you're willing to transfer a guy out from.
00:11:25
Speaker
Okay. Um, so obviously the other form, the other game that Ben and I are playing besides, uh, the rugby mag premiership, which is not happening this week. So we won't talk a lot about it is the super rugby, fancy, uh, fancy rugby draft. Uh, I picked up my first win this week. Uh, Rico Ioani and, uh, the crusaders front row combined for about 90 ish or almost a hundred points. So, uh,
00:11:54
Speaker
I was very pleased with that return. Basically, I've been waiting for... Those are two of my roster that I've been waiting for to wake up. Ioannoni did so well that it rocketed him into the top 10 of point scores. But it's also very early, so big weeks like that will do that. So I want to talk about
00:12:19
Speaker
players that are giving up points or teams that are giving up a lot of points to certain positions. And I don't have the averages right now because obviously some of these teams are going to give up less because they've played less. But teams to maybe avoid would be like the blues and the bulls actually don't give up a ton. Especially the bulls. The bulls are very good.
00:12:49
Speaker
The only two teams they've given up fewer points total in terms of every fantasy player that's on the field is the Rebels and the Stormers and they've played one less game than them. So that tells you maybe consider avoiding the Bulls every week. I've been doing my stop signs and my green lights. I think I've been good about the guys not to play, although I said no stairs since Hookers last week and I screwed that up and
00:13:16
Speaker
Tom Wilson's trough ended up getting 27. Whoops. Oh, well. Um, but in terms of my green lights, I've been a little lackluster to say the least. I think I got 12 last week for super rugby and then the premier ship green lights have been terrible. So maybe listen to the stop signs more than the green lights. I'll still keep giving them every week that I can. Um,
00:13:39
Speaker
for this week, it's going to be, um, it's going to be not, not nearly as a pinpoint advice in terms of what players you should play and what players you can't, but I'll just do my best to give you some guidance in terms of when you look at your lineup here. Um, uh, maybe I'll, maybe I'll get the averages together and we can, um, and I can have these posted on my Twitter feed. If you want to follow me on Twitter, that'll be a good place for you to figure that one out. Um,
00:14:09
Speaker
But yeah, so the Bulls are definitely a team to maybe reconsider when you play a player against. I would also probably put the Reds on that list and the Lions on that list. Reds are kind of middle of the pack overall, but they are near the top of a lot of categories.
00:14:24
Speaker
Rebels are despite even playing one last game I still would reconsider when you have have players playing against them because they have found ways to stifle a lot of position groups second rows outside backs specifically outside backs definitely because those are
00:14:41
Speaker
those were supposed to be some of your biggest points scores and they are just stifling a lot of those guys. So reconsider that for sure. In terms of what your return is on some of these positions, I've been trying to figure out, because of course, Ben and I are from America. We play American fantasy football and some of you probably do too. And so we've been trying to liken some of these positions to certain ones in the NFL, in NFL fantasy. And
00:15:10
Speaker
I'd say that your fly-haps are probably, I mean, they are often considered the quarterbacks of the field, but really, they are kind of the quarterbacks. There's only one on each team that you really want to lean on, and they score quite a bit of points. The top point scores
00:15:27
Speaker
for the whole competition are fly-haves, midfielders, and outside backs. So those are kind of your big point scorers. So those are probably your quarterbacks, your running backs, and your wide receivers there. And then after that, it's front rows are hit and miss, so that's kind of like the tight end.
00:15:47
Speaker
halfbacks and second rows don't score, they can score a lot, but they don't necessarily. So second rows are getting a little bit, so they're kind of like the kickers, and then the halfbacks have the potential to get a boatload, but they also have a potential to get, eh, or even negative. All these teams, all these players have potential to get negative. So those are kind of like your defense. You know, be very careful about which one you pick.
00:16:11
Speaker
You know if your team's not getting a lot if the team's not gonna have a lot of possession in the game They're about to play your half backs are gonna do poorly because they're just not gonna have a lot of opportunity to Do a lot and they don't necessarily make a ton of tackles or anything of that nature I'm not saying that they can't but I'm just saying they just don't end up. It's just how the defenses usually play out in red. We
00:16:32
Speaker
And then you have your loose forwards. So again, that's, you know, it's a comparative position to like running back some wide receivers. They score, you know, decent amount of points on weeks. They all have the potential to score big weeks like Shannon Frisell on round two scoring 32, almost 33 even. If you look at the week before for Shannon Frisell, he scores 12.
00:16:57
Speaker
So and that's not bad. I consider 12 a decent week. I consider anything other 11 or under Okay, and then when you start getting down into the mid to lower single digits, that's when you go off a week
00:17:14
Speaker
And then you have a guy like Marnus Schoeman who scores, he had one really, really bad week. He had minus 1.6 in round two. And then the other weeks he's had 15 plus. He had 26 in the opening round because he scored a hat trick. So loose forwards are definitely loose cannons or wildcards or whatever you want to call them. They're definitely hit and miss.
00:17:36
Speaker
You know, Pete Samu has, is still one of the top scoring loose forwards, but that's only because of his first week where he scored 33.9. Everything else he's scored seven-ish or less. So again, you know, they're hit and miss, they're
Player Consistency and Performance Analysis
00:17:49
Speaker
all over. You know, you're looking for consistency and you're looking for a decent average. You know, Lamape seems to be catching fire as he scored 48 and 31 in the last two rounds for midfielders.
00:18:00
Speaker
You're looking for consistency in all these, obviously, um, everybody's going to have a down week, but then like Ross, you know, Roscoe Speckman is clearly the real deal. He's, he's scored, one, two, he scored three weeks of 25 plus every, the other week he scored nine besides that. So, um, even like Gearhart Van de Hever, he said two really good weeks and then two weeks. So you're just looking for consistency across the whole thing. Um,
00:18:26
Speaker
But that's what you that's kind of what you're looking at. Let's see Let me look at positions So don't just go them down by positions as a terms to the players you probably want to look for maybe You put you know, you're probably like yeah, and obviously you're not gonna sit him every week So we're fly half to your top three are Pollard Yanchis and Hayden Parker actually So despite them having a really bad week. He's still up there
00:18:55
Speaker
Lately a final had a decent. He had a pretty good week one and a decent week two. He's been off that he's been really down so Keep keep an eye on that Quaid Cooper. I said it when we've been an hour drafting Sneaky good pick and he's been a really good pick. He's scoring let no less than 16 the less in his first three games so far so give him that Bowden Barrett now that he's come back is obviously a good one
00:19:21
Speaker
Some of the guys that you probably haven't gotten your hands on or haven't really noticed, maybe he's loose like Josh Giovanni, maybe he's in there. Harry Plummer might be somebody that starts getting a little bit more run after his game against the Sun Wolves for the Blues, where he started and Atari Black came off the bench.
00:19:45
Speaker
It looks like, even though it looks like Piggity might be playing 10 for the Reds for a while. He's listed as an outside back, so that could be a good thing. It could give him more opportunity to cause damage. He's already a good kicker, so you get points for that on top of it. Yeah, those are the names. So that's the guys to keep an eye on for that one.
00:20:11
Speaker
And then front rows, so probably an underrated front row.
00:20:18
Speaker
or at least a front row that was very underrated to start, was probably the Jaguars. And they've scored 13 in three or four weeks, so they're pretty good. Crusaders didn't do amazing, especially in the first week where they got my 6.5, but last week they stepped it up and got me a big old 59. So if somebody was silly enough to ditch the Crusaders after their bleh week, and I won't lie, I almost did.
00:20:46
Speaker
Um, if they were silly enough to desert the corsairs after their first three weeks, cause they kind of had a start. Hopefully you went and got them or you, you have them on your list to have front rows to add. Um, let's see what we got here. And yeah, hurricanes front row did well the last two weeks. So maybe somebody got frustrated with them after their first two weeks and ditch them. Um,
00:21:15
Speaker
You know, maybe you, the Rebels had a bad week last week, but I would, maybe you can pry them away from somebody because they are somebody that they're still a decent front row. I think again, another front row that's underrated, um, scored 10 and 11 in the first two weeks that they played. So I think last week will be an anomaly, but you never know if you can find a panic donor that says, Oh, I gotta get rid of these guys. Maybe the way from the drop them, or you can see if you can get a cheap trade.
00:21:44
Speaker
halfbacks Jamie Booth is actually somebody that I really want to talk about because he's Looked really good in the last game And even though the points didn't say it in the game first game that he played this year It was only he scored point four, but he looked to be the livelier of the two halfbacks. So keep an eye on him
00:22:02
Speaker
If you need at least a second halfback or if you're really desperate for a halfback because you just haven't seen the results from some of your guys, consider snapping him up from free agency here. Nick Groom is probably going to be relegated to the bench. Russ Clannier is back. You can expect a lot from some of these halfbacks though. It has to be said, each one of them's got a good week and then they're all,
00:22:33
Speaker
for the exception of Aaron Smith who's got 9.9, 9.9, and 4.1 in his game. So we'll see what that turns into.
00:22:50
Speaker
I'm not too excited about that anyway. Nick Phipps is obviously out, but he should be back soon. So consider keeping him on your radar. If somebody hasn't picked him up and stashed him already, maybe you can if you can afford the bench spot. And then there was one more that I wanted to consider.
00:23:17
Speaker
No, maybe not, maybe that's it, yeah. That's pretty much it. Cabeli's not bad, but he's not great. Yeah, half-backs are a real hit and miss, so if you can find one that's scoring you close to 10 most weeks, probably stick with him. Don't get too frustrated when you see one guy score 17, because there's a good chance that he's also scored like two in most weeks. Loose forwards, loose forwards have
00:23:47
Speaker
Like I said, they have a load of potential. Shannon Frizzell obviously bags the potentials. 12, 32, and 17. You know, Marnus Schoeman has done very well over his weeks. Dana Dupree has done very well for the Sharks. 11, 5.1, which isn't great, but 16.1 and 18 in his War Games so far.
00:24:09
Speaker
So that's a guy to consider. Dwayne Vermeulen is a beast. He's got 10 plus points in three of his four weeks. And Quagga Smith, if somebody doesn't have Quagga Smith, then what the heck you doing? He should be an automatic start most weeks. As long as he's in the lineup, do not bench him. He will perform for you. Let's look at some guys that maybe people don't necessarily consider that heavily or consider
00:24:37
Speaker
heavily and have realized maybe they're just a name. Matt Todd is one that I would probably go, we'll see how he actually turns out as a fantasy asset. I was a little worried about Sia Khaleesi, but he turned in a good week before the buy, so maybe not as much.
00:24:55
Speaker
Yeah, David Pocock's probably just a name, we'll find out. I'm gonna give it one more week. He was having a good week until he got a card the other week against the Hurricanes, so we'll see what happens. And then they played the Rebels, and the Rebels have been stifling a lot of guys for fancy scores.
00:25:14
Speaker
Um, Jack Dempsey, Jack Dempsey, uh, before the buy he did, he had 8.4 and 21.8. Obviously the 21.8 was round two against the Sunwell. So that's going to balloon the score, but I still think he's a solid option, especially if you have guys that are, you're waiting on to come back. Like Kieran Reed is out obviously, um, trying to think of the others, but there's a few others out there. I'm sure that people are waiting on. Um, so keep that and keep that in mind as a possible play for that. And.
00:25:44
Speaker
You know, and just be on the lookout for fill-ins on weeks that a team is playing somebody that's not good against the loose forwards. I'll, I'll put my, I'll put the, the rankings according to my calculations, um, on average of what teams give up to each position, uh,
Social Media and Future Plans
00:26:03
Speaker
on the Twitter. That way you guys can, uh, that way people can see that and have that information. Um, yeah, we're trying to give advice, so you might as well give you as much information as we have.
00:26:15
Speaker
Midfielders, let's see. Lomape's obviously caught fire with 13, 48, and 31 in the last few weeks. Samuel Correri is obviously a very good player. If you haven't been playing him, what are you doing? Kirtly Beale plays fullback now a little bit, looks like. Maybe, we'll see. He did well there. He did all right there last week, although he made a couple of hairs. I think Sonny Bill Williams is kind of just a name. You know, his two biggest weeds so far are 13 and 8.
00:26:44
Speaker
Yeah. That's a big old meh on that one. Yeah, I'm on on who I ditched so feel free to do the same as such.
00:26:59
Speaker
And there's one more. Ryan Crotty, another name that just be careful. I think he's just the name. He's a great, he's a great player. Don't get me wrong. But in terms of fantasy, doesn't always lay out that way. Lionel Mapu, same thing. Good players, not really, not really doing a lot in terms of getting your points. So be considerate of that.
00:27:21
Speaker
and only played one game last week, but Richard Buckman is a midfielder. This is a midfielder for the Highlanders and it looks like they might be playing him on the wing. So we'll see if that's a good thing or a bad thing. You got 13 last week, which is still a decent score. So keep an eye on that one.
00:27:38
Speaker
And then your outside backs. Let's see what we got. Obviously we talked about Vandy Hearer and such. Chase Teatea, we talked about him last week. He did pretty well. The last couple of weeks, he's only played two games, but 11.7 and 9.6. I keep an eye on him. He's probably going to play quite often for the Hurricanes because they're going to often be rotating guys like
00:28:02
Speaker
Ahso and Proctor and Amape and Jordy Barrett. So there's going to be a lot of movement in that back line in terms of guys getting subbed in and out. I would consider snapping up Chase Teotilla while he's, you might still be available. Maybe not. We'll see. I don't think he's available in my league, but if he's available in your league, I'd consider snapping him up.
00:28:27
Speaker
Vince also I have and he's basically been a big disappointment He had one week of nine point three and everything else has been below four or below. So 3.5 even use them. So Again, another name to just another name. Maybe not as good
00:28:43
Speaker
Any of these back three or midfielders that kick as well, remember it's not like the Premiership mag or the rugby mag, excuse me, in the Premiership and the Six Nation formats that Ben and I have been playing. You don't need to designate a kicker, you can just have a guy out there and he'll kick.
00:29:03
Speaker
I think he gets points off if he misses, so make sure it's an accurate, a guy that accurately kicks, but guys like Hegarty who can play fullback, or he's listed as an outside back, so he'll get points. S.P. Morais from the Stormers, he's a goal kicker, he's got a hell of a boot, and you can bet that he's gonna be nailing those goals as well.
00:29:33
Speaker
I'm trying to think. Oh, and the likes of like Jordy Barrett, who is the Hurricanes long goal kicker slash goal kicker if Bowden Barrett's off the field. So also might be worth having a look at that. You're probably playing Jordy Barrett either way, but just other things to consider.
00:29:51
Speaker
And then finally, second row. Second rows really don't score a lot on average. They really don't. I don't know if any second row has a week above. Okay, we have, yep. We have one week.
00:30:08
Speaker
Yeah, second rows don't score a ton. We have one or two weeks of 10 or above, and that's it. So 10 for your expectations with second rows. The highest scoring one at the moment is Scott Barrett, but that's only 35. He scored 10 last week, and that's the most he's scored so far. A couple other guys have scored 10 or above, but they don't score. You don't expect them to be light in the world on fire.
00:30:36
Speaker
If you're sitting there and you're down and you have one game to go, you're waiting on the games in South Africa to kick off or you're waiting on the game in Buenos Aires to kick off and you're desperately hoping that your second row can rescue your day, you might want to just pack it in because second rows aren't scoring a ton by any means.
00:30:56
Speaker
Really, they're almost like the kickers. I think if I didn't compare them to the kickers, then they kind of are though. It's almost just like, do I have a second row that's playing? Yes. Okay, cool. Throw them out there. As long as they're not getting negative points, consider it probably an okay option and you don't need to drop them. I had Sam Whitelock on my bench.
00:31:22
Speaker
as a backup second row, and there's enough second rows out there that I think can turn in points that I dropped them, and I think I ended up dropping them for Tom English. Like I said last week, I want a piece of that Rebel's back line, and Tom English was the only one that I could grab up, but I'll take it.
00:31:43
Speaker
Yeah, consider you probably don't need to carry two second rows on your roster. So reconsider that if you are. Hopefully that'll be a help for you to help build your team a little bit better. All right. So we have
00:32:05
Speaker
We are planning on potting this week. It's a big week obviously for Six Nations. Like we talked about, Super Rugby is going to be something that we can focus on this week. So if you're a big Super Rugby fan, maybe this is the week for you to really tune into the pod. And we really look forward to it. We might have James back. So I think by the end of the Six Nations, that probably is very appropriate. So we'll look at that. I think we're going to be potting this weekend. I don't think we're going to be able to pod this week.
00:32:34
Speaker
We'll see. I'm working out the schedule with Ben and myself, so we got to figure out when we can, when we can, all that good stuff. It may become a weekend pod and then we put it out by Monday, Tuesday morning. I appreciate everybody for sticking with us and being patient and putting up with Ben as shenanigans. This is fun for us and we hope you guys are enjoying listening to us. Like I said, please leave us feedback on
00:33:03
Speaker
all the sites where you can download stuff, Google Play, iTunes, Spotify, and, you know, feel free, please, email the show, Fancy Rugby Podcast at gmail.com. Comments, concerns, hey, maybe you have a question, and you think we can actually help, we'll be happy to help. So please, just...
00:33:22
Speaker
If nothing else, keep downloading, tell your friends to download, and we hope that you guys are enjoying this, and we will catch you next week. Enjoy the rugby, and if you're a fan of one of the teams that's in the ranks for the Six Nations, good luck.